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The IndependentLawyer of police officer who shot Adam Toledo says it’s ‘disheartening’ no one has asked how officer is doing
Police union president called the officer’s actions “heroic”
- The Independent
MyPillow guy’s social network launch falls flat
‘Huge letdown’: Telegram users on Lindell’s verified channel express frustration at signing up for VIP access to new social media network that still hasn’t opened despite announcement
- The Independent
‘We failed him’: Mayor voices sorrow as prosecutors admit 13-year-old Adam Toledo wasn’t holding gun
‘An attorney who works in this office failed to fully inform himself before speaking in court’
- The Independent
SolarWinds: Russian intelligence behind major cyber attack, Raab reveals as US expels diplomats
‘We see what Russia is doing to undermine our democracies’, foreign minister says
- The Independent
Police officer ‘breaks arm’ of dementia patient after she forgets to pay for her groceries
The lawsuit filed against police says the vicitm now experiences fear, trauma and anxiety whenever she leaves her home
- BBC
Fyre Festival: Ticket-holders to receive money from $2m class action settlement
Ticket-holders of the now infamous 2017 music festival that never happened will get some money back.
- The Independent
BLM activist arrested for anti-Asian hate crime in Seattle
‘Thank God the light finally changed and I was able to drive off’, said victim after abuse
- The Independent
Trump’s post-presidency makeover: Former president losing weight, cutting back on M&Ms and ditching spray tan, report says
‘When I saw him, he looked healthier and in better physical condition than I had seen him in a long time,’ a Trump advisor says
- The Telegraph
Ethics row after human-monkey embryo created in major scientific breakthrough
Scientists have grown human cells in monkey embryos with the aim to understand more about how cells develop and communicate with each other. Researchers from the Salk Institute in California have produced what is known as monkey-human chimeras, with human stem cells - special cells that have the ability to develop into many different cell types - inserted in macaque embryos in petri dishes in the lab. However, some ethicists in the UK have raised concerns, saying this type of work "poses significant ethical and legal challenges" and "opens Pandora's box to human-nonhuman chimeras". They are calling for a public discussion about the ethical and regulatory challenges associated with human-animal chimeras. Chimeras are organisms whose cells come from two or more individuals. In humans, chimerism can naturally occur following organ transplants, where cells from that organ start growing in other parts of the body. The scientists, led by Professor Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte, say their work could pave the way in addressing the severe shortage in transplantable organs as well as help understand more about early human development, disease progression and ageing.
- The Independent
AOC ignores Marjorie Taylor Greene’s incessant Twitter pleas for a public ‘head to head’
MTG says a debate ‘would be informative for the American People’ with her degree in business administration and AOC’s degree in economics
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Biden expels Russian diplomats and announces new sanctions in retaliation for hacking
Sanctions follow allegations of election interference and a hacking campaign
- LA Times
L.A., you slay: Meet the local queens taking 'RuPaul's Drag Race' by storm
As they vie for the top prize on VH1's Emmy-winning reality show, Gottmik and Symone discuss what makes L.A. — and its drag scene — so distinctive.
- Business Insider
Cuba's Raul Castro is stepping down, ending more than half a century of Castro rule over the island
Though the change in leadership will not necessarily lead to drastic shifts in policy in Cuba, it's still a historic moment for the country.
- The Independent
‘It is the right thing to do’: Chelsea Clinton calls on Trump to release a vaccination photo to help win over MAGA anti-vaxxers
Referencing concerns that Republicans are warier of Covid vaccines, 41-year-old says ‘real difference’ could be made in vaccine effort with image of former president’s jab
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The US is readying sanctions against Russia over the SolarWinds cyber attack. Here's a simple explanation of how the massive hack happened and why it's such a big deal
Federal investigators and cybersecurity experts say that Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service is probably responsible for the attack.
- The Independent
Man charged with arson attack on Black church caught with help from Tesla security camera
Prosecutors say Dushko Vulchev behind string of fires and tyre slashings in Massachusetts town
- The Independent
Ivanka Trump causes MAGA meltdown after sharing photograph getting vaccine
Trump supporters called Ivanka a ‘disappointment’ for getting the jab
- The Independent
How raising the minimum wage to $70k helped one man’s company boom
Dan Price was labelled a socialist by Fox News - but now his company is worth $10 billion. Kate Ng looks at how
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Awkwafina Buys Bel Air Mansion for $3.5 Million
The Crazy Rich Asians star’s new West Coast home is a boxy, modern four-bedroom
- BBC
Jimmy Lai: Hong Kong's rebel mogul and pro-democracy voice
The rags-to-riches rise of a fiercely anti-communist Hong Kong tycoon who ended up in jail for protesting.